Agriculture: Subsidies

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farms in each district authority in Cumbria are eligible for Single Payment Scheme (SPS) payments; how many received SPS payments in the 2006-07 financial year; and what percentage of farmers this represents in each case.

Barry Gardiner: Detailed analysis by constituency, area or category of the payments made under the single payment scheme is not available.
	As of 18 April 2007, a total of 98,395 of farmers in England have received either a full or partial payment under the 2006 single payment scheme year. 10,605 farmers, equating to 9.7 per cent. of the estimated total claimant population have not received any payment. The total cash value of all outstanding payments is £415.16 million. RPA's target is to pay 96.14 per cent. of the total value of the fund by 30 June 2007.
	There are 30 2005 claims that are outstanding and have not received full payment, totalling £261,054.88.

Agriculture: Subsidies

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to ensure that single farm payments are made in their entirety and on time.

Barry Gardiner: The difficulties experienced in completing payments under the 2005 single payment scheme (SPS) have inevitably impacted on the payment timetable for the 2006 scheme year. The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has made clear that the target of paying 96.14 per cent. of claims by value by 30 June 2007 is challenging.
	RPA is developing a comprehensive set of actions to recover from the problems of SPS 2005 and has already made several improvements to the way in which it operates. These changes will take into account the recommendations of the EFRA Select Committee, National Audit Office and other inquiries.
	As of 18 April 2007, RPA had paid £1.12 billion in full or partial SPS 2006 payments to 98,395 claimants. The Department and RPA continue to work closely to ensure that the remaining claims and top up payments where a partial payment has been made, are paid as soon as possible.

Agriculture: Subsidies

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of farmers in England are awaiting single payment scheme payments from financial year 2006-07; how many farms this represents; what the total cash value is of these outstanding payments; and when these payments are expected to be made.

Barry Gardiner: As of 18 April 2007, a total of 98,395 of farmers in England have received either a full or partial payment under the 2006 single payment scheme year. 10,605 farmers, equating to 9.7 per cent. of the estimated total claimant population have not received any payment. The total cash value of all outstanding payments is £415.16 million. RPA's target is to pay 96.14 per cent. of the total value of the fund by 30 June 2007.

Agriculture: Subsidies

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farmers received Single Farm Payments of more than  (a) £40,000 and  (b) £50,000 in 2006.

Barry Gardiner: holding answer 20 April 2007
	 1,429 farmers received single payment scheme (SPS) payments of more than £40,000 and less than £50,000 in 2006.
	2,434 farmers received SPS payments of more than £50,000 in 2006.

Agriculture: Subsidies

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farms are eligible for Single Farm Payments; how many Single Farm Payments were made in 2006; and what the average value was of those payments.

Barry Gardiner: holding answer 20 April 2007
	 119,374 claimants received entitlements in 2005 are therefore eligible to claim under the single payment scheme (SPS). 116,914 payments were made in 2006 with an average value of £13,165.98.

Departments: Official Hospitality

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures are in place to limit the amount of money spent on alcohol for hospitality purposes by his Department.

Barry Gardiner: The Department has clear guidance on hospitality in both its finance manual and staff handbook. Both these guides follow the principles laid down in Government accounting and the Treasury handbook on regularity and propriety.
	The two key principles operated by the Department are: that hospitality may only be provided if it is in the public interest and necessary for the conduct of business; and the amount spend shall be appropriate for the occasion and not such to attract adverse comment.
	Directors General are responsible for monitoring expenditure on hospitality and are required to ensure that any such expenditure meets the above principles

Departments: Paper

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what mechanisms are in place to ensure his Department's economical use of paper.

Barry Gardiner: From information held centrally, the amount of printing paper purchased between April 2005 and March 2006 was 829 tonnes, and for copier paper 235.8 tonnes. The Department is taking the following steps to ensure its use of paper is economical:
	a move away from paper-based records management towards electronic records thereby reducing the volume of paper-based information held locally. In time, this will reduce the volume of paper stored in archives;
	DEFRA has revised recently its procedures for records management so that more of DEFRA's records can be created captured and stored electronically rather than printing to paper;
	double sided printing as standard if documents need to be printed at all;
	printer rationalisation and reduction as part of DEFRA's IT and facilities management strategies;
	online communications or events for its external communications;
	expanding the scope of e-publishing for key publications;
	moving towards binless offices as part of DEFRA's facilities management strategy.
	All Departments are required to meet cross-Government sustainable operations targets, launched last year. The targets for reducing their waste arisings are 5 per cent. and 25 per cent. by 2010 and 2020 respectively, relative to 2004-05 levels; and for increasing their recycling figures to 40 per cent. and 75 per cent. of their waste arisings by 2010 and 2020 respectively.

EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  what reduction in UK carbon emissions is predicted to result from  (a) Phase 1 and  (b) Phase 2 of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, expressed (i) in tonnes and (ii) as a percentage of the total at the start of the scheme;
	(2)  what percentage reduction in UK carbon emissions has resulted to date from participation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme;
	(3)  whether UK carbon emission reductions resulting from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme are being independently reviewed and audited;
	(4)  what reduction in UK carbon emissions was projected to result from Phase One of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme at its outset; and what reductions have been quantified to date.

Ian Pearson: holding answer 16 April 2007
	The approved UK national allocation plan (NAP) for Phase I (2005-07) of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme is set to deliver carbon dioxide emissions savings of around 65 million tonnes (roughly 8 per cent.) below the projected business as usual emissions of the installations covered by the scheme during Phase I. The rationale behind emission trading is to ensure that the emission reductions take place where the cost of the reduction is lowest thus lowering the overall costs of tackling climate change. The emissions reductions referred to above may not therefore all take place in the UK.
	Comparing 2003 and 2005 emissions in the UK from installations in the EU ETS shows a reduction of around 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (MtCO2) which equates to 4 per cent. However, a number of new installations commenced operation and entered the scheme in 2004 and 2005, emitting a total of around five MtCO2 in 2005. Therefore, the net total reduction in emissions from UK installations (incumbent and new) in the EU ETS was approximately five MtCO2 between 2003 and 2005.
	The UK NAP for Phase II (2008-12) is set to deliver an annual reduction of 29.3 million tonnes of CO2 against projected business as usual emissions for 2010. The allocation level has been set at 13 per cent. below emissions from these installations in 2005.

Inland Waterways: Rochdale

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 6 February 2007,  Official Report, column 763W, on inland waterways: repairs and maintenance, how much the Trub Farm, Rochdale Canal, received in alternative money; and what the source of funding was.

Barry Gardiner: Works to install a bridge and associated road at Trub Farm on the Rochdale Canal were carried out as part of British Waterways' 2006-07 works programme at a cost of £586,000. The alternative source of funding related to British Waterways made provision for the cost of the work in its 2005-06 accounts as it was contractually committed to this work. The project was therefore removed from its 2006-07 cost schedule and was unaffected by the 2006-07 cuts.

Milk: Prices

Anne Snelgrove: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Competition Commission on the share of the retail price of milk that is passed on to farmers by supermarkets.

Barry Gardiner: The Competition Commission (CC) announced in January that it intended to look further at the impact of supermarket buyer power on dairy farmers during the next stage of its inquiry into the groceries market. DEFRA has had no recent discussions with the CC on this matter. We have, however, provided it with information on the dairy sector and have made clear our willingness to meet, should they wish to do so.

Peat Bogs

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what studies his Department has undertaken into the degrading of peat bogs by the releasing of carbon in the form of dissolved organic carbon.

Barry Gardiner: The degradation of peat bogs can lead to a loss of soil carbon in various forms, including as dissolved organic carbon. Research into peat bog degradation and restoration in the UK has been, and is currently being, funded by a range of organisations such as water companies, conservation groups and the Government. DEFRA has recently undertaken reviews of the available literature on both the degradation of organic soils (including peat bogs) and management options for restoring degraded bogs.
	We are now developing a programme of research on soil carbon to improve our understanding of the main mechanisms by which carbon is lost, the impacts of land use and land management, and practical methods for mitigating losses. This will form part of the forthcoming Soil Strategy for England.

Peat Bogs

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department has taken  (a) to preserve and  (b) to reactivate drained peat bog land as carbon sinks; what his policy is on the long-term role of peat bogs as carbon sinks in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

Barry Gardiner: The need to preserve peat bogs for their biodiversity value, and as stores of carbon, is being addressed on a range of fronts.
	Agri-environment schemes provide for good management of around 230,000 hectares of peat bogs . A progress review of Environmental Stewardship (ES) is due to begin shortly. Increasing the contribution of ES to climate change mitigation, including the role of peat restoration, will be examined as part of this.
	We are also working towards our current Public Service Agreement target to ensure that 95 per cent. of the area in England designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is in favourable or recovering condition by 2010. A considerable proportion of peat bogs are designated as SSSIs and currently around two thirds of this area meets the target. Improving the condition of the remainder is a priority.
	The England Biodiversity Strategy also contributes towards the protection of peat bogs, as does the UK Air Quality Strategy which sets objectives to protect vegetation and ecosystems. The forthcoming Soil Strategy for England will draw together all these strands and DEFRA will consider, as part of this Strategy, what further activity is required to protect existing carbon stocks.
	Our long-term policy is to promote management which (i) minimises further losses of carbon from peat soils, and (ii) allows peat bogs to act as a carbon sink. The potential for significantly off-setting carbon emissions may be somewhat limited because of the time it takes for peat to form.
	There are significant areas of peat bog in Scotland (which has over 70 per cent. of the UK peat resource), Wales and Northern Ireland. The Devolved Administrations have policy responsibility in their territories, and DEFRA will continue to work closely with them.

Power Stations: Carbon Emissions

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will estimate the effect on the UK's carbon dioxide emissions if the existing nuclear generating fleet was replaced by  (a) coal powered fire stations and  (b) gas fired power stations.

Malcolm Wicks: I have been asked to reply.
	The full lifecycle release of carbon dioxide emissions from nuclear power is similar to wind power, and much less than fossil fuel plant such as coal and gas. The calculation of avoided carbon dioxide emissions if the existing nuclear generating fleet were replaced by  (a) coal powered fire stations is an increase of 44 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year and  (b) gas powered fire stations is an increase of 22 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.

Rural Development Programme

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  whether non-agricultural or environmental rural businesses will be able to access funding from the Rural Development Programme for England;
	(2)  how he expects the Rural Development Programme for England  (a) to help small rural and agricultural businesses to be more competitive and  (b) to enhance employment and business opportunities in rural areas;
	(3)  how much new money English rural and agricultural businesses will be able to access through the Rural Development Programme for England;
	(4)  how small farming, agricultural and rural businesses will be able to access the Rural Development Programme for England; and from what date funding will be available;
	(5)  what assistance will be offered to small farming, agricultural and rural businesses to enable them to access the Rural Development Programme for England.

Barry Gardiner: Rural businesses across all sectors will be able to access funding under Axes 1, 3 and 4 of the Rural Development Programme for England. These provide support for measures to improve competitiveness, enhance the economy and improve quality of life in rural areas, and to implement community-lead regeneration activity.
	We have set out in the draft Rural Development Programme document, available on the DEFRA website, our key priorities for helping English rural and agricultural businesses to be more competitive and to enhance employment and business opportunities in rural areas. These include:
	(i) promoting and encouraging greater collaboration and cooperation
	(ii) improving agricultural and forestry industry uptake of technology and entrepreneurial skills
	(iii) filling gaps in existing training and advice provision
	(iv) promoting the adoption and dissemination of innovative business processes and practices
	(v) supporting innovative rural-based business development and enterprise, including diversification and sustainable tourism
	(vi) improving skills in the wider rural work force
	(vii) tackling social disadvantage through steps to support fair access to services
	(viii) supporting areas of economic underperformance and individuals experiencing disadvantage.
	We will be making available approximately £600 million over the seven years of the programme in support of these priorities.
	We have devolved responsibility for delivery of these priorities to the regional development agencies (RDAs) in England. The RDAs are currently working with partners to finalise the picture of the needs and priorities for their regions and sub-regional areas. Rural business people can contact their local RDA to discuss how any potential project meets the regional objectives of the programme.
	Funding will be available once the EU Commission has approved the programme, which we expect to submit later in the spring. The approval process may take around six months.
	Each of the RDAs has been operating an expressions of interest approach since October 2006, so that potential beneficiaries from rural development funding can discuss their ideas at the earliest possible stage. They will be making available further information about how to access funding when there is greater certainty about when the programme will begin, following approval by the EU Commission.

Rural Development Programme

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how the Rural Development Programme for England will financially incentivise environmental stewardship.

Barry Gardiner: The Rural Development Programme for England 2007-13 will provide about £3.3 billion to land managers for agri-environment and other land management schemes. Around £2.9 billion of this will be used to fund Environmental Stewardship. The incentive for entering an Environmental Stewardship agreement depends on the complexity of the environmental management undertaken. The payment range extends from £30 per hectare to £700 per hectare in multi-annual agreements.

Rural Development Programme

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of Statefor Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations his Department has received from the Lake District National Planning Authority on the Rural Development programme for England.

Barry Gardiner: A wide range of stakeholders have been consulted on the development of the new programme. The English National Park Authorities' Association responded to the consultation on the priorities for the next programme that we ran last year.

Rural Payments Agency: Pay

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was  (a) spent on and  (b) allocated to bonuses for staff in the Rural Payments Agency in the financial year(i) 2006-07, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2004-05; what the (A) highest and (B) lowest bonus paid in each year was; and what percentage of the total sum in each year was related to staff who have responsibility for rural payments (1) in the North West and (2) in Eddisbury constituency.

Barry Gardiner: The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) paid bonuses to staff at grade 6 and below and to members of the senior civil service (SCS) between 2004-05 and 2006-07.
	
		
			  £ 
			   Bonuses paid in: 
			   2004-05  2005-06  2006-07 
			 Amount spent on bonuses for staff in the RPA 323,567 249,025 243,072 
			 Amount allocated to bonuses for staff in the RPA 387,720 301,705 289,689 
			 The highest bonus paid in each year 18,641 21,062 10,500 
			 The lowest bonus paid in each year 500 75 500 
		
	
	In 2004-05 the RPA paid a flat rate non-consolidated bonus payment of £500 for staff with 'Exceeded' box marks following the end of year individual performance review. This was pro rated for part time staff. This arrangement was negotiated with TUS and implemented as part of the 2004 pay settlement.
	In 2005-06 the RPA awarded a flat rate bonus of £550 to staff with 'Exceeded' box marks. This was awarded in two parts. Part one—a half step progression in the pay scale. Part two—the remaining value of the bonus was paid as a non-consolidated lump sum up to the value of £550. This arrangement was negotiated with TUS and implemented as part of the 2005 pay settlement.
	In 2006-07 the RPA awarded a flat rate non-consolidated bonus of £500 to staff with 'Exceeded' box marks. This was pro rated for part time staff. This arrangement was negotiated with TUS and implemented as part of the 2006 pay settlement.
	A detailed analysis for staff responsible for payments in the North West and in Eddisbury constituency is not available.

Sugar

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average price was of a pound of sugar produced  (a) in the UK and  (b) overseas in 2006; and what volume of sugar produced in the UK was exported in that year.

Barry Gardiner: holding answer 20 April 2007
	 The volume of exports of sugar(1) from sugar beet was 865 thousand tonnes in 2006.
	The information on sugar prices is not available in the form requested. However, the average producer price of refined granulated sugar in the UK in 2006 was 74.4 pence per kilogram.
	From statistics on overseas trade the average price of exported sugar derived from the value and volume of exports of sugar1 from sugar beet was 24.3 pence per kilogram in 2006. The average price of imported sugar derived from the value and volume of imports of sugar(1) was 40.1 pence per kilogram in 2006.
	(1) Sugar is in various states—volumes have been adjusted where necessary onto a refined basis

A358

Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the number of vehicles he expects the new dual carriageway on the A358 between the M5 and the A303 to carry each day  (a) on average and  (b) at peak times of the year.

Stephen Ladyman: The information is as follows:
	 (a) The estimate of traffic in the design year (2032) used for assessment purposes in the current option study on the new dual carriageway varies along the routes between 33,800 and 39,700 vehicles (low traffic growth forecast) and between 41,900 and 49,600 vehicles (high traffic growth forecast).
	 (b) These figures are daily two way traffic flows averaged over the year; peak period flows have not been modelled for the current stage of development.

Railways: Accidents

Joan Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the progress of the Rail Accident Investigation into the Oxenholme derailment.

Tom Harris: The Rail Accident Investigation Branch is continuing with its investigation into the derailment and expects to publish a second interim report once its investigation into the condition of the points is complete.

Railways: Bicycles

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what requirement exists for train operating companies  (a) to carry and  (b) to provide space for carrying bicycles on their trains; and if he will make a statement.

Tom Harris: The Department has formally adopted as its own policy the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) Cycling Policy document published in November 2004. It expects all Train Operating Companies (TOCs) to accommodate the carriage of non folding bicycles whenever possible, while recognising that in peak periods there may be circumstances where it is in the best interests of the majority of passengers not to do so.
	We believe that TOCs are best placed to know where and when such pressure on capacity exists and should be free to impose restrictions accordingly. TOCs should also specify the services that they define as peak. The carriage of folding bikes is recommended at all times.
	The Department has asked Cycling England, its advisory body on cycling, to report on how further improvements to integrate bike and rail journeys might be made.

Railways: Stockport

Ann Coffey: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the proposed service frequency is for Stockport in the invitation to tender issued by DfT Rail for New Cross Country; and if he will make a statement.

Tom Harris: The specification for the New Cross country franchise requires Stockport to be served by a minimum of one train per hour in each direction. Bidders are free to stop more trains at Stockport if they believe that there is a call to do so and they can reach and agreement with Network Rail.

Rolling Stock

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the 1,000 new carriages in the high level output specification to which he referred in his speech to the rail conference on 14 March 2007 are in addition to any previously existing orders or anticipated orders which provide additional capacity rather than replacing other existing stock; how he expects any additional capacity to be funded; by whom he expects it to be funded; and if he will make a statement.

Tom Harris: The 1,000 new carriages will be in addition to any pre-existing orders. It is too early to predict how many of the existing fleet of approximately 11,400 rail carriages will be replaced by 2014. I can, however, re-iterate the Government intention to commit to contracting with train operators for 1,000 additional carriages by 2014 to meet the rising demand for rail travel. This will form part of the capacity procured through the rail high level output specification (HLOS) to be published in July and will be in addition to any carriage replacements. The HLOS will be accompanied by a statement of funds available.

Rolling Stock: Virgin Trains

Mark Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the 1,000 new train carriages announced on 14 March 2007 will include the 106 carriages needed to reduce congestion on Virgin's Pendolino trains.

Tom Harris: It is too early to say where precisely the additional rolling stock will be used. The deployment of the new rolling stock will be agreed with the industry following the publication of the high level output specification and the long term rail strategy this summer, in accordance with the periodic review timetable set out in the Office of Rail Regulation's advice to Ministers published in February 2007.

Fruit

Norman Baker: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what quantity of  (a) fruit and  (b) vegetables was purchased by the Refreshment Department in each of the last three years; what the cost of these purchases was in each year; and if the Commission will estimate what percentage of each of these items was imported.

Nick Harvey: Accounts have not yet been finalised for the full year ending March 2007, but during the11 months to February 2007, the Refreshment Department spent an estimated  (a) £103,000 on the purchase of fresh fruit and  (b) £290,000 on the purchase of fresh vegetables. Many fruit and vegetables are purchased by individual piece or bunch, not by weight or any other consistent measure, and so it is not possible to give an overall estimate of the quantity of fruit and vegetables purchased. If the hon. Member wishes to know the estimated quantity of specific items purchased during this period, he should write to the director of catering services, who will be pleased to let him have such details.
	Detailed purchase information is not currently available for the year 2005-06 due to technical issues that are being investigated by the software supplier. The director of catering services will write to the hon. Member with the purchase expenditure for fruit and vegetables when the requested information becomes available. No information is available for previous years.
	No record is kept of the country of origin of fruit and vegetables purchased and so it is not possible to estimate the percentage of imported produce.

Armed Forces: Casualties

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2007,  Official Report, column 854W, on the armed forces: casualties, whether the full Board of Inquiry report has been made available to the next of kin; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

Adam Ingram: The remainder of the Board of Inquiry Report into the death of Private Jason Smith, redacted in accordance with Data Protection and Freedom of Information Act considerations, has been made available to his next of kin, through their solicitor.
	The redacted Board of Inquiry Report will be added to the Ministry of Defence Publication Scheme and a copy will be placed in the Library of the House.

Armed Forces: Inquests

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his statement of 17 April, on service personnel killed on operations: changes to arrangements for repatriation, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the resources available to the Wiltshire and Swindon coroner to carry out military inquests.

Adam Ingram: holding answer 23 April 2007
	The MOD engaged fully with the Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner's Office and Wiltshire county council during the planning stages to change the repatriation airhead from RAF Brize Norton to RAF Lynham. The Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner plans to transfer as many inquests as he can to the jurisdiction of the "home" coroner.

Defence and Communications Services Agency

Henry Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  what the cost has been of the project to rationalise communication systems in the Defence and Communications Services Agency; how many  (a) consultants and  (b) contractors have been employed in its implementation; at what cost; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what assessment he has made of the implementation of the Defence and Communication Services Agency's information technology project; whether he plans to establish an independent review of the programme; and if he will make a statement;
	(3)  what the role of the ATLAS consortium was in the information technology rationalisation link; what the cost was of the Defence Information Infrastructure final solutions programme; and how many contractors were employed in its implementation.

Derek Twigg: Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) (DII(F)) is a £4 billion programme over10 years, which will provide a single, coherent information infrastructure across Defence. Its implementation, on an incremental basis, will underpin MOD's change programme and Modernising Government agenda.
	The ATLAS Consortium (comprising EDS Defence Ltd as the principal contractor, with Fujitsu, General Dynamics, EADS and Logica CMG as key sub-contractors) was awarded the DII(F) contract on 21 March 2005 for a period of 10 years following full and open competition. The contract is subject to incremental commitment and implementation and at contract award the Department committed to the first increment only for the provision of a fully networked and managed IT service to around 70,000 user access devices and 200,000 users around the world. The contract was amended on 29 December 2006 to incorporate a second planned Increment (2a) which will provide for nearly 44,000 additional user access devices and 58,000 user accounts in support of the Defence Change Programme and other identified business priorities. This amendment was made in the light of an assessment of ATLAS' performance in supplying Increment 1 up to that point in its delivery schedule. The number of employees within the consortium is a matter for them but it is of the order of 2000, on average.
	The number of consultants employed by MOD on the DII(F) project has varied and will continue to vary across the life of the project. As a result, the precise information requested together with the associated expenditure can be provided only at disproportionate cost, when looked at over the total life of the programme from its inception. The total budget for consultants approved to date under the DII Programme is £57.5 million (rounded) since the inception of the programme, including work during the concept and assessment phases, leading up to the main competition and subsequently for later increments. As at 18 April 2007 the number directly employed on the project was 164.
	Throughout its life, the DII(F) project has been subject to regular review under the Office of Government Commerce Gateway Review procedure. Those reviews confirmed that the project is proceeding satisfactorily. As a result, I see no need for a further strategic review of the project at this time; the case for it remains valid and the contracted increments are proceeding within budgetary provision.

Departments: Official Hospitality

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent on hospitality by his Department in the financial year 2006-07.

Derek Twigg: As in previous years, we will publish this information in the MOD's Annual Report and Accounts. I cannot therefore give a figure at this stage as the accounts are currently subject to audit by the National Audit Office. Copies of the Annual Report will be placed in the House Library on publication and made available on the departmental website at www.mod.uk. I expect this to be before the summer recess.

Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations

Michael Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been achieved since October 2006 on military reform in the Iraqi provinces of  (a) Al Basrah,  (b) Al Muthanna,  (c) Dhi Qar and (d) Maysan; and if he will make a statement.

Des Browne: 10 Division of the Iraqi Army, which covers all four provinces, has made significant progress. This was recently highlighted in Maysan when security responsibility for the province was transferred to the Iraqis. This transition occurred in Al Muthanna and Dhi Qar provinces in July and September 2006 respectively.
	In October 2006, 10 Division's capability was demonstrated when it took the lead in the later phases of Operation Sinbad in Basra, operating without overt coalition assistance. Elements of 10 Division are also supporting the Baghdad Security Plan. Coalition forces continue to provide training and mentoring and much remains to be done in the areas of logistics and leadership.
	Operational control of 10 Division was transferred to the new Iraqi military headquarters in Baghdad in January 2007. This transfer of command and control is a critical step toward handing over responsibility for delivering security in southern Iraq.

Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the reasons for the number of personnel listed as having sustained Disease or Non-Battle Injury during November 2006 as part of Operation Herrick and Operation Telic; and if he will make a statement.

Des Browne: The temporary increase in levels of Disease or Non-Battle Injuries in both Operations Telic and Herrick was a result of the roulements in both theatres. An increase in those being treated for diarrhoea and vomiting type illnesses is common at such times, largely as a result of the climatic, food and environment changes experienced by those deploying into operational theatres. While such symptoms are unlikely to result in a patient being admitted to a hospital in the UK, individuals are admitted to hospital in theatre as returning them to barracks may lead to the spread of disease.

Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations

Stephen Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what  (a) the net cost has been of the British military operations in Iraq in each year from 2002-03 and  (b) the predicted cost is of continued British military presence in Iraq, broken down by month.

Des Browne: The costs of operations are calculated on a net additional basis and audited figures are published each year in the MOD's Annual Report and Accounts. The total of the annual audited figures for the costs of operations in Iraq for the years 2002-03 to 2005-06 was £4,026 million. A total estimated cost of £1,002 million for 2006-07 was included in the Spring Supplementary Estimates published in February. Final figures will be published in the MOD's Annual Report and Accounts for 2006-07.
	It is not possible to provide estimates for future years as planning assumptions are constantly changing with the varying tempo and requirements of the operation.

Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made on information exchange with the US in the last 12 months with regard to achieving sovereign capability on the Joint Strike Fighter; and if he will make a statement.

Adam Ingram: I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 27 March 2007,  Official Report, column 1440W, to the hon. Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell).

Rendition

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 1 March 2007,  Official Report, column 1455W, on rendition, whether the bilateral arrangements mentioned apply to state aircraft acting in a civilian capacity.

Adam Ingram: holding answer 24 April 2007
	The Department's bilateral arrangements cover routine flights by military aircraft from the relevant countries transiting UK airspace and landing in the UK. They also apply to other state aircraft landing at UK military airfields on routine business. These arrangements do not provide any form of immunity from Customs and Immigration procedures, national or international law, or regulations covering safe use of UK airspace. Action would be taken by the appropriate authority with MOD support should illegal activity be detected.

National Lottery

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the average  (a) value of lottery receipts from sales made,  (b) number of applications for lottery awards from and  (c) number of lottery awards made in (i) England, (ii) the Eastern Region and  (c) Castle Point was in each of the last five years.

Richard Caborn: The national lottery operator, Camelot, does not collect ticket sales information on a constituency basis and does not routinely collect ticket sales data on a postcode basis. The most up-to-date sales data by postcode area is available in the Libraries of both Houses and provides information up to 2004. Information about the number of applications for lottery grants is not held centrally and the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
	The number and value of lottery awards made in England, in the Eastern Region and in the Castle Point parliamentary constituency in each of the last five completed financial years is given in the following table. This information is derived from the Department's lottery grants database, which uses information supplied by the lottery distributors and can be searched at:
	www.lottery.culture.gov.uk
	
		
			   England  Eastern Region  Castle Point 
			   Number of awards  Value of awards to nearest £1 million  Number of awards  Value of awards to nearest £1 million  Number of awards  Value of awards to nearest £0.01 million 
			 2002-03 19,444 1,181 1,823 94 12 1.03 
			 2003-04 19,346 1,070 1,681 79 16 0.91 
			 2004-05 16,664 1,172 2,296 87 24 0.19 
			 2005-06 19,574 748 2,620 53 18 0.42 
			 2006-07 14,477 550 1,404 40 9 0.10

Olympic Games: Greater London

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that Colchester shares in the  (a) economic,  (b) social and  (c) sporting benefits arising from the 2012 Olympic games.

Richard Caborn: The Government are committed to ensuring that people across the UK, including Colchester can benefit from, and participate in, the 2012 Olympic games and Paralympic games. We are working closely with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic games and Paralympic games (LOCOG) and the Nations and Regions Group (NRG), chaired by Charles Alien, which brings together representatives from every nation and region. Each nation and region is finalising its own plan to maximise the impact of the games in their area, as well as the wider opportunities to deliver a sustainable legacy from the games. The East of England released its regional plan on 28 March 2007. In developing the plan, consultation has taken place over the last two years. It can be found on the East of England Regional Development Agency website:
	<http://www.eeda.org.uk/27.asp>
	Further detailed information regarding the region's plan can be provided by the relevant NRG Coordinator, Katie Huane (East of England Development Agency, The Business Centre, Station Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB4 9LQ).
	In addition, Broxbourne in Hertfordshire will host the 2012 canoeing and kayaking and Weald country park near Brentwood in Essex will also host the Olympic mountain biking competitions. Together these events will add significant strength to the region's potential to benefit from the games.

Financial Services: Marketing

Frank Cook: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what safeguards are in place to ensure that businesses offering individual voluntary arrangements do not use misleading marketing; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Fitzpatrick: Only an authorised insolvency practitioner is able to administer an individual voluntary arrangement. Insolvency practitioners are required to comply with professional standards agreed by the bodies that regulate them. All of the authorizing bodies apply common ethical codes and professional standards to the insolvency practitioners and the way in which they obtain their work falls within the regulatory regime.
	In addition the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has made it clear that insolvency practitioners who act in relation to individual voluntary arrangements require a Consumer Credit License and are therefore subject to OFT regulation.
	Earlier this year the OFT warned 26 IVA providers that their advertisements and/or websites were potentially misleading and the OFT continues to monitor that situation.

Cancer

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were diagnosed with cancer in Northern Ireland in each of the last six years, broken down by type of cancer.

Paul Goggins: The following table details information on the incidence of cancers by type of cancer in Northern Ireland for each of the last six years for which data was available.
	
		
			  Table: Cancer incidence in Northern Ireland 1999-2004 
			   1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004 
			 Lip, Oral Cavity &Pharynx (COO-C14) 147 127 128 129 132 153 
			 Oesophagus (CIS) 153 138 165 144 150 155 
			 Stomach (C16) 264 234 255 258 263 203 
			 Small intestine (C17) 30 38 23 24 27 24 
			 Colon (CIS) 623 545 586 617 623 598 
			 Rectum, Rectosigmoid Junction and Anus (C19-21) 282 338 368 299 388 356 
			 Liver & Intrahepatic Bile Ducts (C22) 52 64 25 65 54 46 
			 Pancreas (C25) 122 146 171 170 160 153 
			 Larynx (C32) 79 60 64 64 62 53 
			 Trachea, Bronchus & Lung (C33,C34) 870 860 893 868 892 932 
			 Bone (C40-41) 12 11 7 8 11 17 
			 Malignant Melanoma (C43) 178 187 216 247 212 260 
			 Non-melanoma Skin Cancer (C44) 2260 2211 2160 2380 2417 2283 
			 Mesothelioma (C45) 63 44 56 59 42 46 
			 Breast (C50) 954 967 931 953 1043 1119 
			 Cervix Uteri (C53) 76 94 72 82 75 67 
			 Corpus Uteri (C54) 119 144 143 158 176 156 
			 Ovary (C56) 183 168 177 191 214 205 
			 Prostate (C61) 494 576 554 652 739 757 
			 Testis (C62) 56 68 51 56 56 69 
			 Kidney (C64-C66,C68) 159 161 169 181 206 187 
			 Bladder (C67) 214 210 183 171 225 210 
			 Brain (C71) 85 110 119 124 116 89 
			 Thyroid (C73) 41 38 42 49 43 33 
			 Hodgkin's Disease (C81) 40 36 40 28 37 40 
			 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (C82-C85,C96) 246 270 252 255 267 282 
			 Multiple Myeloma (C90) 85 110 117 97 104 102 
			 Leukaemia (C91-C95) 148 167 143 178 122 145 
			 Other 579 607 589 677 589 565 
			 Total 8614 8729 8699 9184 9445 9305 
			  Notes: 1. Incidence refers to the number of new cases of a cancer diagnosed in Northern Ireland for a particular period. 2. Incidence of cancer are identified using version 10 of the international classification of diseases and related health problems (ICD10). 3. The "Other" category includes other haematological cancers, cancer of the gallbladder, other biliary tract and other digestive system, cancer of other connective systems, cancer of the vulva, vagina and penis, cancer of the eye and lymph nodes and cancers with an ill defined or unknown primary site. This information has been provided by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry and is the most up to date currently available.

EC Grants and Loans

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which programmes have been funded in Northern Ireland from the PEACE budget of the European Regional Development Fund in the last12 months.

David Hanson: A list of projects awarded funding since April 2006 under the European Regional Development Fund measures of the PEACE II Programme has been placed in the Library of the House. In addition to this, 46 individuals have been awarded funding. Due to data protection considerations these names have not been included.

Religious Persons

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions in the last12 months  (a) he and  (b) other Ministers in his Department have met leaders of (i) the Presbyterian Church, (ii) the Roman Catholic Church, (iii) the Church of Ireland, (iv) the Methodist Church, (v) the Baptist Union of Ireland, (vi) the Free Presbyterian Church, (vii) the Elim Pentecostal Church, (viii) the Reformed Presbyterian Church (ix) the Congregational Union of Ireland, (x) the Evangelican Alliance (xi) Evangelical Continuation in Northern Ireland and (xi) the Caleb Foundation.

Peter Hain: I have met church leaders on numerous occasions as have my Ministers in my Department. Ministers and civil servants meet a large number of people and groups in the course of their official duties. It is not normal practice to disclose the detail of such meetings.

Sexual Offences

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were  (a) prosecuted and  (b) convicted on charges relating to having sexual intercourse with an underage person in each district command unit of the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of the last three years; what percentage of these cases resulted in a custodial sentence; and what the average length of the prison term was.

David Hanson: Data relating to the number of prosecutions and convictions for sexual intercourse with an underage person are not collected. It is only possible to provide information for those offences which, by their definition, identify a child as the victim?buggery and unlawful carnal knowledge.
	Table 1 gives the number of prosecutions and convictions for buggery and unlawful carnal knowledge offences by District Command Unit for the calendar years 2003 to 2005.
	Due to small numbers of prosecutions and convictions in each District Command Unit, the average length of those sentenced to immediate custody has not been provided for individual District Command Units. Tables 2 to 4 document the total number prosecuted and convicted, the number and percentage sentenced to immediate custody and the average sentence length in months for these offences in each of the three years.
	Data are collated on the principal offence rule; thus only the most serious offence with which an offender is charged is included.
	
		
			  Table 1: Number of prosecution and convictions for buggery and unlawful carnal knowledge offences by District Command Unit 2003-05( 1,2,3,4,5,6) 
			   2003  2004  2005 
			   Prosecuted  Convicted  Prosecuted  Convicted  Prosecuted  Convicted 
			  Buggery   
			 Antrim 0 0 1 1 0 0 
			 Ards 0 0 3 0 0 0 
			 Belfast, East 0 0 1 1 0 0 
			 Belfast, West 1 0 0 0 2 1 
			 Ballymena 0 0 2 1 0 0 
			 Ballymoney 0 0 1 1 0 0 
			 Carrickfergus 1 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Craigavon 0 0 0 0 1 0 
			 Down 0 0 1 1 0 0 
			 Fermanagh 0 0 1 0 0 0 
			 Foyle 0 0 4 2 0 0 
			 Lisburn 0 0 0 0 1 0 
			 Newtownabbey 0 0 0 0 1 0 
			 Total 2 1 14 7 5 1 
			
			  Unlawful carnal knowledge   
			 Antrim 1 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Belfast, East 0 0 1 1 0 0 
			 Belfast, South 1 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Craigavon 1 1 0 0 1 0 
			 Ballymena 0 0 1 1 0 0 
			 Down 1 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Dungannon and South Tyrone 0 0 1 0 0 0 
			 Larne 0 0 1 1 0 0 
			 Limavady 1 1 0 0 1 1 
			 Lisburn 0 0 1 1 0 0 
			 Newtownabbey 0 0 0 0 2 2 
			 North Down 0 0 0 0 1 1 
			 Omagh 0 0 0 0 2 2 
			 Strabane 0 0 1 1 1 1 
			 Other UK addresses 1 1 1 1 0 0 
			 Total 6 6 7 6 8 7 
			 Overall total 8 7 21 13 13 8 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Number prosecuted, convicted, the number and percentage sentenced to immediate custody and the average sentence length (months) for buggery and unlawful carnal knowledge offences 2003( 1,2,3,4) 
			   Prosecuted  Convicted  Number given immediate custody  Percentage  given immediate custody  Average sentence length ( M onths) 
			 Buggery 2 1 1 100 84 
			 Unlawful carnal knowledge 6 6 1 17 60 
			 Total 8 7 2 29 72 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 3: Number prosecuted, convicted, the number and percentage sentenced to immediate custody and the average sentence length (months) for buggery and unlawful carnal knowledge offences 2004( 1,2,3,4) 
			   Prosecuted  Convicted  Number given immediate custody  Percentage  given immediate custody  Average sentence length ( M onths) 
			 Buggery 14 7 5 71 90 
			 Unlawful carnal knowledge 7 6 3 50 20 
			 Total 21 13 8 62 64 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 4: Number prosecuted, convicted, the number and percentage sentenced to immediate custody and the average sentence length (months) for buggery and unlawful carnal knowledge offences 2005( 1,2,3,4,6) 
			   Prosecuted  Convicted  Number given immediate custody  Percentage  given immediate custody  Average sentence length ( M onths) 
			 Buggery 5 1 1 100 96 
			 Unlawful carnal knowledge 8 7 3 43 17 
			 Total 13 8 4 50 37 
			 (1) Buggery offences included here are 'buggery with boy under 17 years' and 'buggery with a girl under 17 years'. (2) Unlawful carnal knowledge offences include 'unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 14' and 'unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 17'. (3) Data are collated on the principal offence rule; thus only the most serious offence with which an offender is charged is included. (4) Data represent the total number of convictions and prosecutions for offences in Northern Ireland courts. In 2003 and 2004, there were offenders with other UK addresses. (5) Data in Table 1 are based on the police District Command Unit in which an offender's address falls. Data are only included for those District Command Units which have convictions and prosecutions in the calendar years 2003 to 2005. (6) Data for 2005 are provisional.

101 Programme

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are employed within the 101 programme; what the total cost is of their annual salaries; and what the annual cost is of the salary of the head of the programme.

Tony McNulty: holding answer 26 March 2007
	There are currently eight (full-time equivalent) people employed within the 101 programme with an additional 6.5 (full-time equivalent) specialist consultants to provide specific telecommunications, information technology and business analysis expertise.
	The total cost of the annual salaries for the eight employees for 2007-08 including all on costs (national insurance and pension contributions) is expected to be approximately £450,000. The total cost of the additional 6.5 specialist consultants including all fees is expected to be approximately £760,000.
	It is not the policy of the Home Office to disclose the details of a specific individual's salary but the cost of the salary of the programme director for 2007-08 is0.5 (full-time equivalent) of Home Office grade six pay band, which is currently expected to cost between £27,199 and £35,313 plus on costs (national insurance and pension contributions).

Burglaries: Greater London

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded burglaries there were in each London borough in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of those recorded burglaries led to a conviction in each year, broken down by borough.

Vernon Coaker: The statistics are not available in the form requested. Recorded burglary statistics relate to offences and convictions data relates to offenders. In addition, recorded crime data are published on a financial year basis and conviction data are published on a calendar year basis. For these reasons, the two data sources are therefore not directly comparable.
	Figures for the number of offences recorded and the number of convictions are provided in the tables. Recorded crime data at borough level are only available from 2000-01.
	
		
			  Table 1: Recorded offences of burglary by London borough, 2000-01 and 2001-02 
			  Borough  2000-01  2001-02 
			 Barking and Dagenham 1,970 2,220 
			 Barnet 4,107 3,954 
			 Bexley 2,583 2,394 
			 Brent 4,441 4,099 
			 Bromley 3,263 3,580 
			 Camden 5,305 5,857 
			 City of Westminster 5,403 5,646 
			 Croydon 3,779 4,131 
			 Ealing 4,637 4,533 
			 Enfield 3,973 4,411 
			 Greenwich 3,050 2,794 
			 Hackney 4,298 4,287 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,076 2,789 
			 Haringey 4,159 4,803 
			 Harrow 2,791 2,623 
			 Havering 2,356 2,567 
			 Hillingdon 4,085 3,643 
			 Hounslow 3,415 3,192 
			 Islington 4,292 4,567 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 3,555 2,826 
			 Kingston upon Thames 1,349 1,180 
			 Lambeth 6,150 6,974 
			 Lewisham 3,287 3,490 
			 Merton 1,792 1,967 
			 Newham 3,460 3,886 
			 Redbridge 2,798 2,899 
			 Richmond upon Thames 2,384 2,174 
			 Southwark 4,235 5,016 
			 Sutton 1,471 1,820 
			 Tower Hamlets 3,714 3,262 
			 Waltham Forest 3,123 4,012 
			 Wandsworth 4,023 4,352 
			 Total 112,324 115,948 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Recorded offences of burglary by London Borough, 2002-03 to 2005-06 
			  Borough  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06 
			 Barking and Dagenham 2,012 2,240 2,175 1,921 
			 Barnet 4,039 3,978 4,045 4,363 
			 Bexley 2,341 2,226 1,986 2,366 
			 Brent 3,859 4,062 3,987 3,904 
			 Bromley 3,596 3,472 3,776 3,926 
			 Camden 5,884 4,843 4,171 4,108 
			 City of Westminster 5,264 4,296 4,497 4,158 
			 Croydon 4,115 3,769 3,230 3,582 
			 Ealing 4,543 4,375 4,350 4,999 
			 Enfield 4,301 3,865 3,528 3,844 
			 Greenwich 2,986 3,080 2,970 3,209 
			 Hackney 4,807 4,327 3,897 3,547 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,089 2,827 3,023 3,052 
			 Haringey 4,356 4,115 4,084 3,841 
			 Harrow 2,736 2,626 2,178 2,446 
			 Havering 2,386 2,161 2,315 2,453 
			 Hillingdon 3,569 3,183 3,143 3,137 
			 Hounslow 3,374 3,450 2,969 2,982 
			 Islington 4,429 3,957 3,681 3,683 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 2,512 2,576 2,580 2,444 
			 Kingston upon Thames 985 939 984 1,188 
			 Lambeth 5,694 4,980 4,150 3,884 
			 Lewisham 3,708 3,837 3,778 3,524 
			 Merton 1,930 2,034 1,764 1,796 
			 Newham 3,494 3,398 3,410 4,112 
			 Redbridge 2,974 2,990 3,058 3,282 
			 Richmond upon Thames 2,120 1,787 2,017 2,395 
			 Southwark 4,885 4,556 4,411 4,143 
			 Sutton 1,446 1,397 1,429 1,480 
			 Tower Hamlets 3,567 3,023 3,070 3,467 
			 Waltham Forest 3,812 3,284 3,144 3,131 
			 Wandsworth 4,547 3,664 3,616 3,108 
			 Total 113,360 105,317 101,416 103,475 
			  Note: The National crime Recording standard was introduced in April 2002. Figures for earlier years are therefore not directly comparable. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 3: Number of defendants found guilty at all courts of burglary, broken down by London court area, 1996 to  2005( 1,2,3) 
			  London Court Area  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005 
			 City of London   
			 Guildhall Justice Rooms 37 26 25 23 14 38 29 27 24 29 
			
			 Inner London Courts   
			 Bow Street 98 80 66 68 56 64 87 82 67 59 
			 Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge 293 402 372 378 326 276 343 341 365 297 
			 Greenwich and Woolwich 216 188 202 165 180 177 180 168 170 177 
			 Highbury Corner 365 301 286 245 262 223 293 264 253 230 
			 Horseferry Road 124 105 144 170 175 156 173 173 129 157 
			 Marylebone 99 109 98 88 34 4 - - 5 2 
			 South Western 141 166 119 145 145 133 154 149 120 96 
			 Thames 92 111 74 243 334 298 294 326 220 248 
			 West London 76 183 131 155 204 193 191 202 191 205 
			 Inner London Juvenile Courts 447 94 48 31 - -  - - - 
			 Total - Inner London 1,951 1,739 1,540 1,688 1,716 1,524 1,715 1,705 1,520 1,471 
			
			 Outer London   
			 Barking and Dagenham 75 74 92 59 62 59 56 75 69 56 
			 Bar net 84 107 99 56 88 77 107 97 89 84 
			 Bexley 82 54 72 75 54 57 57 41 37 54 
			 Brent 124 121 93 75 105 91 91 70 85 114 
			 Bromley 93 77 81 59 62 71 62 76 107 91 
			 Croydon 125 162 174 117 118 133 107 100 100 78 
			 Baling 132 94 101 84 92 88 113 113 98 123 
			 Enfield 74 86 94 81 116 82 127 113 86 100 
			 Haringey 104 125 98 87 111 99 83 110 100 107 
			 Harrow 44 49 44 43 48 55 62 60 52 47 
			 Havering 34 57 71 74 39 45 61 52 55 52 
			 Hillingdon 58 78 78 72 89 87 91 69 77 57 
			 Hounslow 86 84 116 119 109 95 92 48 87 82 
			 Kingston-upon-Thames 52 49 42 48 37 38 42 47 43 49 
			 Merton 73 82 65 68 52 54 51 68 59 76 
			 Newham 116 134 145 103 83 65 113 116 106 141 
			 Redbridge 90 58 60 69 56 66 55 52 92 72 
			 Richmond upon Thames 75 47 43 63 56 53 71 46 63 63 
			 Sutton 71 60 72 42 46 55 72 50 60 37 
			 Waltham Forest 99 118 124 87 93 79 111 85 88 77 
			
			 Total -Outer London 1,691 1,716 1,764 1,481 1,516 1,449 1,624 1,488 1,553 1,560 
			 Total 3,679 3,481 3,329 3,192 3,246 3,011 3,368 3,220 3,097 3,060 
			 (1) These data are on the principal offence basis . (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  (3) The above data comprises burglary in a dwelling, aggravated burglary in a dwelling, burglary other than in a dwelling and aggravated burglary in a building other than a dwelling.   Source:  Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Ref IOS 209-07

Identity Cards

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  when he expects to submit a final cost estimate for the identity cards scheme to HM Treasury;
	(2)  when his Department first submitted a cost estimate of the identity cards scheme to HM Treasury; and what that cost estimate was.

Joan Ryan: My Department has and will continue to maintain close contact with HM Treasury in relation to the estimates of expenditure on the National Identity Scheme.
	Initial cost estimates for a card scheme were published in July 2002 in the consultation paper "Entitlement Cards and Identity Fraud" (CM5557)
	Revised cost estimates have been published from time-to-time, for example, when the Identity Cards Bill was introduced to Parliament. During the passage of that legislation, the Government agreed to lay a report before Parliament every six months, which sets out the estimated cost of the National Identity Scheme for the coming 10 years.
	The National Identity Scheme is being built around plans to first issue biometric passports incorporating fingerprints which many countries will be implementing in 2009; and second, to issue biometric visas and immigration documents to foreign nationals. The procurement projects will therefore in the main deliver generic facilities covering, for example, the recording and storage of biometric information for passport and immigration purposes as well as ID cards.
	As with any major project or programme, cost estimates will continue to be revised as it reaches key stages in its development, such as commencing procurement, signing contracts with suppliers and the commencement of live operations.

Intermittent Custody

Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  what the average travelling distance from home to intermittent custody centres is for women prisoners subject to  (a) a weekday and  (b) a weekend intermittent custody order, broken down by centre;
	(2)  how many and what percentage of  (a) female and  (b) male prisoners are subject to an intermittent custody order;
	(3)  how many and what percentage of intermittent custody orders have been made for  (a) weekday and  (b) weekend custody in each year since their introduction under the Criminal Justice Act 2003;
	(4)  how many intermittent custody centres there are in England and Wales; and how many places there are for  (a) female and  (b) male prisoners in each centre.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The two intermittent custody pilots at HMP Kirkham for male offenders and HMP Morton Hall for female offenders came to and end in November 2006. Each centre accommodated up to39 offenders.
	During the pilots we did not hold records on travelling distances for offenders to the IC centres. However, the IC evaluation found that the geographically larger female pilot catchment area meant that women spent longer travelling, usually by public transport, to the IC centre than men.
	On 23 April 2007 there was one female prisoner currently recalled at Morton Hall serving an intermittent custody order. The total number of intermittent custody orders during the pilot was 456; of these, 384 offenders were subject to weekend custody, and 72 offenders were subject to weekday custody.
	These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Special Constables

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State forthe Home Department pursuant to the answer of28 March 2007,  Official Report, column 1651W, on special constables, for what reasons the recruitment figures are not published in the Police Service Strength Bulletin; and if he will publish such figures in future editions.

Tony McNulty: holding answer 23 April 2007
	The annual Home Office Statistical Bulletin series "Police Service Strength, England and Wales" publish joiners and leavers data for special constables. The data for joiners take into consideration not only those individuals who are recruited to the force, but also those who transfer between forces and those who leave the force and subsequently rejoin at a later date. For this reason, data for joiners are considered a more accurate representation of changes in strength than recruits. Data are published in this way not only for special constables but also for police officers.

Employment Schemes: Lone Parents

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what measure are  (a) in place and  (b) planned to be introduced to help lone parents into employment.

Jim Murphy: The following measures are already in place to help eligible lone parents into employment, some of which are open to eligible people other than lone parents:
	New Deal for Lone Parents
	New Deal Plus for Lone Parents
	Work Focused Interviews
	Programme Centres
	Work Trials
	Childcare Subsidy
	Childcare Assist
	In-Work Credit
	In-Work Emergency Fund
	Adviser Discretion Fund
	Job Grant
	Mortgage Interest Run On
	Housing Benefit Run On .
	Tax Credits
	As we have announced, we also plan to introduce the following measures to help eligible lone parents into employment:
	From 30 April 2007: extension of six-monthly Work Focused Interviews for lone parents with a youngest child aged fiveto 13;
	From 30 April 2007: introduction in New Deal Plus for Lone Parent pilot areas of quarterly Work Focused Interviews for lone parents with a youngest child aged 11 to 13;
	From 1 July 2007: introduction of a higher In-Work Credit rate of 60 across London;
	From 1 July 2007: continuation of the In-Work Credit in pilot areas until June 2008;
	From 1 April 2008 to March 2011: expansion of the New Deal Plus for Lone Parent pilot areas to cover all London districts;
	From 28 April 2008: extension of six-monthly Work Focused Interviews for lone parents with a youngest child aged 0 to four.

Migrant Workers: Eastern Europe

Brian Jenkins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the impact of workers from Eastern Europe on the UK economy.

John Healey: The latest official statistics (October to December 2006) show workers from the new ED member states in Eastern Europe made up 1.2 per cent. of UK employment, and contributed around 0.8 per cent. of the economy.

Developing Countries: AIDS

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the progress made by developing countries in delivering universal access to treatment for AIDS sufferers by 2010; and what support his Department has given to this policy.

Gareth Thomas: The World Health Organisation, UNAIDS and UNICEF published a new report last week—"Towards Universal Access: scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector". The report shows that countries in every region of the world are making substantial progress in increasing access to HIV treatment. More than 1.3 million people in sub-Saharan Africa were receiving treatment in December 2006, representing coverage of approximately 28 per cent. of those in need compared to just 2 per cent. in 2003. Coverage in other regions varied, from 6 per cent. in North Africa and the Middle East, to 15 per cent. in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and 72 per cent. in Latin America and the Caribbean. Overall, while encouraging trends continue, just 28 per cent. of the estimated 7.1 million people in need of treatment in all low and middle income countries were receiving it in December 2006.
	Substantial challenges remain, which is why DFID continues to work with Governments and the international community to help deliver a comprehensive response. DFID is committed to spending at least £1.5 billion on tackling the HIV and AIDS epidemics. In 2005-06 DFID spent £385 million tackling HIV and AIDS, an increase of nearly 30 per cent. on the 2004-05 figure of £298 million. The UK has committed £300 million to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria from 2002-08 including, £100 million for 2006 and the same for 2007 subject to performance. To date, Global Fund-financed programmes have provided treatment to over 600,000 people with AIDS. DFID is also committed to improving access to medicines and announced support of €20 million for UNITAID, the new drugs purchase facility established in September 2006, as part of a20 year commitment, increasing to €60 million per year by 2010 subject to performance. Following its first two board meetings in October and November 2006 UNITAID has already approved several significant items of expenditure, including $61.7 million for paediatric anti-retroviral therapy (ART), $70 million for second line ART and $52.5 million for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.

Developing Countries: Forestry

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the extent of economic, social and environmental benefits of the traditional concession-based industrial logging model in developing countries.

Gareth Thomas: DFID has recently completed a study on 20 years of UK support to Ghana's forest sector. This study documents the lessons gained from experience in a single sector and how they can be applied more generally. It also assesses the social and economic aspects of Ghana's industrial forest development, and identifies rights-based approaches to making forestry work for poor people.
	In the Democratic Republic of Congo, DFID is funding the Roundtable Review, a study looking at alternative forest uses and innovative finance mechanisms for conservation and sustainable forest management (DRC). This study will look at the current benefits of logging in the DRC and seek alternative models that are more responsive to the needs of local people and the global environment.
	DFID is funding the Rights and Resources Initiative along with other donors, research institutes and conservation organisations. This initiative focuses on pro-poor forest policy and tenure reform, including ways of increasing local ownership and access to forest resources. The Rights and Resources Initiative has produced a number of studies that assess the social and economic benefits of concession-based forest industry. More information about this initiative can be found at:
	www.rightsandresources.org.

Overseas Aid

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to include significant participation from Southern country recipients in its forthcoming review of its technical assistance programmes.

Gareth Thomas: Technical cooperation or technical assistance is the provision of know-how to developing countries in the form of personnel, training, research and associated costs. DFID spends approximately10 per cent. of bilateral official development assistance on technical cooperation. In 2008, DFID will review its provision of technical cooperation personnel, i.e. contracted specialists who share know-how and expertise with developing countries. The review will assess DFID's progress in implementing guidance for country offices written in June 2006.
	DFID's long-term vision for technical assistance is that our partners in developing countries should lead in identifying needs for technical assistance, designing terms of reference, and contracting and managing consultants. DFID considers it important that Southern partners and recipients of technical assistance play a significant role in the review.
	We are still at the early stages of planning the review so no decisions have yet been made. We are considering the following ideas to ensure Southern partners participate fully in the review:
	the reviewers make some country visits to interview partner governments and recipients of technical assistance
	a small reference group of representatives of partner governments and recipients of technical assistance advise on the review
	one of the criteria for selecting consultants to carry out the review is that Southern-based consultants play a significant role.
	DFID has agreed that the terms of reference for the review will be developed jointly with the UK Aid Network, a network of UK development NGOs including ActionAid, Christian Aid, Oxfam and WaterAid. We hope they will also contribute ideas on this.
	While Southern partners' contributions are critical for the DFID review, internationally agreed aid effectiveness principles indicate donors should not make excessive demands on Southern partners' time. This is particularly so for individual donor initiatives. We need to use our partners' time wisely when inviting them to work on the DFID review.

Afghanistan: Drugs

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of Statefor Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what international development assistance has been given by the Government to  (a) Helmand Province and  (b) the Government of Afghanistan's National Drugs Control strategy.

Gareth Thomas: I have been asked to reply.
	The Department for International Development has allocated up to £30 million over three years to the Government of Afghanistan to support its Helmand Agricultural and Rural Development programme (HARDP). This programme is designed to extend the Government's National Priority programmes to Helmand, and will fund projects in the road-building, community development, micro-credit, water/sanitation and agriculture sectors. Since the programme started in January, over 1000 wells have been surveyed and designed. Of these, 120 wells have been completed, benefiting around 21,000 people and work is continuing on a further 30. A second batch of 150 wells will begin construction shortly. Construction has also started on four roads, totalling 51 km. These roads should be completed by May, security permitting. In 2006-07, the UK Government also committed £6.2 million to fund 128 quick impact projects. These have included improvements in flood defences; humanitarian assistance to drought victims and those who have had to flee their homes; refurbishment of 30 tractors and ploughs; permanent vehicle checkpoints to improve security; and improvements to two local markets.
	The UK has committed £270 million to support counter narcotics activity in Afghanistan, including support for the National Drugs Control strategy. This includes £30 million for the Counter Narcotics Trust Fund, which was set up specifically to support the National Drugs Control strategy. The fund will bring counter narcotics funding on budget; give the Afghans greater ownership over this important agenda; and ensure that assistance is targeted as effectively as possible. In 2006-07, the Department for International Development also spent £33.7 million on programmes to strengthen and diversify legal rural livelihoods.

Colombia

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of Statefor Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government have made to the Colombian Government on the fulfilment of the Colombian Supreme Court decision of May 2002 on the reconstruction of the village of Tabaco.

Geoff Hoon: holding answer 24 April 2007
	Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials met with members of the Tabaco community in London on 30 January. Their concerns included claims of being forcibly displaced, lack of compensation and damage to the environment regarding the Cerrejon Mine. Since then we have made enquiries with Cerrejon both in London and Colombia.
	Our embassy in Bogota has raised the communities' concerns with the office of the Vice President of the Government of Colombia. We will continue to raise with the Government of Colombia the importance we attach to adherence to socially responsible business practices by extractive companies around the world.

Children in Custody

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in custody were looked after by the state  (a) under a court order and  (b) under a voluntary care order (i) prior to and (ii) after conviction in each of the last five years.

Parmjit Dhanda: We do not collect centrally information on the number of children in custody who were looked after by the state nor information on convictions. However we collect information on the number of children looked after by local authorities placed in young offender institution or prison.
	The following table provides the number of children looked after by local authorities placed in youth offender institution or prison  (a) under care order legal statuses and youth justice legal statutes and  (b) under a voluntary care order.
	
		
			  Table 1: Children looked after by local authorities placed in youth offender institution or prison at 31 March (a) under care order legal statuses and under youth justice legal statutes and (b) under a voluntary care order, 2002 to 2006 ( 1,2,3,4)  England 
			  Number 
			   All children looked after by local authorities placed in youth offender institution or prison 
			  Years ( 1,3)  A ll  children looked after by local authorities placed in Youth Offender Institution or Prison ( 4)  Number who have care order legal statuses and under Youth justice legal statutes( 5)  Number who have voluntary care order legal status ( 6)  Number who have other type of legal statuses ( 4,7) 
			 2002 120 100 10 0 
			 2003 110 110 — — 
			 2004 140 110 30 0 
			 2005 110 100 20 0 
			 2006 130 110 — — 
			 (1) Figures are derived from the SSDA903 return which in 2001-02 and 2002-03 covered one-third sample and which since 2003-04 covers all looked after children.  (2) To maintain the confidentiality of each individual child, data at national level are rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 to the nearest 10 otherwise. Figures between one and five inclusive have been suppressed and replaced by a hyphen"—". It has on occasion been necessary to suppress other data whenever it would be possible to calculate missing data by means of simple arithmetic. In these circumstances the second smallest number relating to the same variable is suppressed.  (3) Historical data may differ from older publications. In previous years, data in this table would have been extracted from CLA100. To be consistent with the method used throughout the statistical volume published on 29 March 2007, data are now taken from the SSDA903 throughout and the breakdowns may therefore differ from figures in previous publications.  (4) Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements.  (5) This category includes the following legal statuses: interim care orders; full care orders; on remand, or committed for trial or sentence, and accommodated by LA; detained in LA accommodation under PACE; and sentenced to CYPA 1969 supervision order with residence requirement.  (6) This category includes the legal status of single period of accommodation under section 20.  (7) This category includes the following legal statuses: freeing order granted; placement order granted; accommodated under an agreed series of shorter-term breaks, when individual episodes of care are recorded and when agreements are recorded (i.e., not individual episodes of care); under police protection and in local authority accommodation; emergency protection order and; under child assessment order and in local authority accommodation.

Departments: Oral Questions

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many questions tabled by hon. and right hon. Members to his Department for oral answer have been transferred to other departments since May 2005.

Parmjit Dhanda: Since May 2005 the Department has transferred two oral questions to other Departments.

Educational Psychology

Mark Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the funding of training of educational psychologists.

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 
	(1)  pursuant to the answer of 30 November 2006,  Official Report, column 879W, on educational psychologists, what the outcomes were of the meeting with representatives of educational psychologists and the local authority employers' side on the funding arrangements for those wishing to train to become an educational psychologist;
	(2)  what assessment he has made of future  (a) demand for and  (b) supply of educational psychologists in local education authorities; and if he will make a statement.

Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on its distribution to local authorities of funding for educational psychology training places for 2007-08.

Parmjit Dhanda: Educational psychologists are employed by local authorities. Decisions on their recruitment, retention and deployment are matters for those authorities as employers to determine in light of local circumstances and available resources. The Department makes no manpower planning assessment for this group of local authority employees.
	Funding for the training of EPs has previously come from within the Local Government Employers' (LGE) organisation's top slice of the Revenue Support Grant (RSG), as distributed by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). For the 2007-08 RSG settlement, the LGE top slice was reduced by 2.088 million and distributed by the DCLG to local authorities through formula grant, as proposed by the Local Government Association (LGA).
	As we made clear in our response to the House of Commons Education and Skills Select Committee report on special educational needs (October 2006, Cm 6940), we do not believe that it would be appropriate for us to intervene in the funding arrangements for those wishing to become EPs. Local authorities, and their representative body the LGA, should determine these issues.
	Lord Adonis, the Under-Secretary of State for Schools, met with representatives of the educational psychology profession and the local authority employers' side on 23 January 2007 for an update on the funding arrangements. As a result of those discussions, it was agreed that the Children's Workforce Development Council would help facilitate further discussions between the employers' side, in the form of the LGA, representatives of the EP professional interests, and training providers. We expect a report on those discussions shortly.

English Language

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was spent on English for Speakers of Other Languages in each London borough in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Bill Rammell: This information is collected by the national Learning and Skills Council (LSC). Mark Haysom, the LSC's chief executive, has written to my hon. Friend with this information and a copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.

Pupils: Sight Impaired

Mark Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he last surveyed the availability of textbooks to blind or partially sighted children; and if he will make a statement.

Parmjit Dhanda: The Department does not hold information on the availability of textbooks to particular groups of children. Part 4 of the Disability Act 1995 requires schools and local authorities to plan to improve access to the curriculum and written materials for all disabled pupils, including those blind or partially sighted children over time.
	With regard to the availability of text books and materials in electronic format for schools, I refer the hon. Member to reply that I gave on 19 March 2007,  Official Report, column 721W, to the hon. Member for West Ham (Lyn Brown).

Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of children in West Lancashire with a special educational need were referred to the Special Educational Need and Disability Tribunal in each of the last two years.

Vera Baird: I have been asked to reply.
	The table gives the number of appeals against Lancashire local authority in the last two school years, and the number of children with special educational needs in the local authority's primary and secondary schools in the January of the relevant period.
	Appeals concern children residing in the local authority, rather than pupils at the local authority's schools. It would therefore be misleading to express one figure as a proportion of the other.
	Appeals are made against local education authority decisions and we do not collate appeals data at a more local level.
	
		
			   Special educational needs appeals  Children with special educational needs 
			 2005/06 63 26,866 
			 2004/05 66 27,050

Students: Loans

James McGovern: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people have defaulted on the payments of their student loans; and what the cost of these defaults was in each of the last five years.

Bill Rammell: The number of borrowers in arrears with their student loan repayments at the end of each of the last five financial years is shown in the table. These borrowers represented some 7 per cent. of the total number of borrowers at April 2006.
	The figures relate mainly to 'mortgage style' student loans which are no longer offered to new students. Since 1998, the Government have provided loans on an income contingent basis with repayments made through the tax system, so the issue of repayment arrears and default does not normally arise.
	
		
			  Number of UK student loan borrowers in arrears( 1) 
			  Thousand 
			   At the end of financial yea r: 
			  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06 (provisional) 
			 Deferring with arrears(2) 29 27 22 15 12 
			 In arrears owing less than two months repayments(3) 29 39 51 58 64 
			 In arrears owing two months repayments or more 80 72 62 59 48 
			 (1) All figures apply to publicly-owned student loans, and exclude those sold to the private sector. Being In arrears does not necessarily mean that the borrower is not currently repaying at some level.  (2) These borrowers are currently deferring repayments as their income is below the repayment threshold, but have some arrears from period when payments were due accounts.  (3) This includes borrowers awaiting approval to defer their repayments, with no repayment schedule in place or owing small amounts.   Source:  Student Loans Company 
		
	
	The Student Loans Company does not write off any amounts and continues to seek repayments of any arrears incurred.

Training: Expenditure

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 29 March 2007,  Official Report, column 1685W, how the percentage of the train to gain budget not accounted for by training and skills brokerage is spent.

Phil Hope: Train to gain is a new service aimed at supporting business improve their productivity through increased investment in the skills of their workforce. By the end of February 2007, more than 30,000 employers have engaged their workforce in training with more than 107, 000 learners engaged on training activity. Almost 70 per cent. of these were employers that fell within the definition of hard to reach.
	For 2006-07, the total budget for train to gain in 2006/07 was £281 million of which a total of £269.5 million was allocated to training and brokerage. The remaining budget is allocated to marketing and communications, evaluation and administration. In 2007-08, the planned budget is £414.4 million, of which £397.4 million is planned for training and brokerage. The remainder will be allocated to marketing and communications, evaluation and administration.

Centrica: Canvey Island

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will set a target timetable for dealing with all stages of the Calor Gas and Centrica appeal in respect of their proposal to install a liquid natural gas importation plant on Canvey Island.

Yvette Cooper: The appeal will be dealt with in accordance with The Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2000. The Planning Inspectorate have advised the parties of the timetable that the rules apply to the submission of their documents and will aim to arrange a public local inquiry date within 22 weeks from the starting date for the appeal, 15 March 2007. Following the close of the inquiry a timetable will be set for the appeal to be determined, which will be notified to the parties.

Community Wardens

David Winnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she expects the Government Office for the West Midlands to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall, North dated 12 March, on community wardens; why the letter was not acknowledged; and if she will take steps to ensure that correspondence to Government offices  (a) is acknowledged and  (b) receives a substantive reply within a reasonable period.

Phil Woolas: A substantive response was sent on18 April.
	The Government office has a system in place to issue acknowledgements in respect of correspondence where a substantive reply is unlikely to be provided in 15 working days. Unfortunately, on this occasion this was not adhered to and I offer you sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused.

Planning: Milton Keynes

Mark Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to her Department's observations of 22 February 2007 on the petition presented to the House on 26 April by thehon. Member for North-East Milton Keynes (Mr. Lancaster), whether her statement that overall responsibility for planning policies and delivery in Milton Keynes remains with Milton Keynes council applies to all land within the boundary of the unitary authority.

Yvette Cooper: holding answer 8 March 2007
	 Milton Keynes council is responsible for all local planning policies i.e. development plan documents that apply within the boundary of the unitary authority. This includes those local planning policies which form part of the development plan for the purposes of section 38 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. The relevant planning policies within the Regional Spatial Strategy, in particular the Milton Keynes and South Midlands Sub-Regional Strategy, also forms part of the development plan for the Milton Keynes area.

Cervical Cancer: Vaccination

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  whether she has held discussions with the Department for Education and Skills on the possible implementation of a schools-based vaccination programme for human papilloma virus vaccine;
	(2)  whether her Department has made an assessment of what would be required to initiate a schools-based vaccination programme for human papilloma virus vaccines.

Caroline Flint: The Department is seeking advice on the new human papilloma virus vaccine from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) which is an independent expert advisory committee. Ministers will consider advice from JCVI when it is forthcoming.
	Schools-based vaccination programmes have been previously used for example the Men C vaccination campaign started in 1999 and the measles-rubella catch-up campaign in 1994.

Dental Services

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the current ratio is of  (a) NHS dentists,  (b) private dentists and  (c) all dentists to people in England; and what it was in each year since 1997.

Rosie Winterton: holding answer 23 April 2007
	The numbers of national health service dentists per population in England are included in reports published by The Information Centre for health and social care. Most dentists eligible to provide NHS services also choose to provide some private treatment. Information is not held on the number of dentists who only provide private treatment.
	Numbers of NHS dentists per population in England as at 31 March 1997 to 2006 are contained in Annex F of the 'NHS Dental Activity and Workforce Report England: 31 March 2006'. This information is based on the old contractual arrangements. This is available on-line at
	www.live.theic.precedenthost.co.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/primary-care/dentistry/nhs-dental-activity-and-workforce-report-england-31-march-2006
	Numbers of NHS dentists per population in England as at 30 June, 30 September and 31 December 2006 are contained in Annex 3 of the 'NHS Dental Statistics for England Q3: 31 December 2006' report. This information is based on the new contractual arrangements and is not directly comparable with earlier information. This is available on-line at
	www.live.theic.precedenthost.co.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/primary-care/dentistry/nhs-dental-statistics-for-england-q3:-31-december-2006
	Both reports are available in Library.

Drugs: Prisons

Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding for the Integrated Drug Treatment System has been allocated to each prison in England and Wales.

Rosie Winterton: holding answer 23 April 2007
	 In 2006-07, the Department invested £12 million in the integrated drug treatment system (IDTS). This has paid for 45 prisons to implement the clinical element of IDTS. £7.8 million of this funding was allocated directly to these prisons.
	For 2007-08, investment will increase to £12.7 million and 49 prisons will receive funding. We plan to allocate £11.1 million of this sum directly to these prisons.
	In addition to this, the Home Office invested£5 million in 2006-07 for the psycho-social element of IDTS. This has been implemented in 17 of the 45 prisons. Of this sum, £3.5 million was allocated directly to these prisons. The amount of this investment for 2007-08 will increase to £6 million.
	The amounts allocated directly to each prison are shown in the table. The remainder of this investment has been invested in the small building conversions and alternations necessary in these prisons to accommodate IDTS facilities, as well as in central programme costs, which include training, research and evaluation, clinical support and regional management support.
	
		
			  £ 
			  New PCT  New SHA  Prison  2006-07  a llocation  2007-08  a llocation  2007-08  a llocation (rounded up) 
			 Northumberland Care Trust North East Acklington 120,599 160,799 161,000.00 
			 Leicestershire County and Rutland East Midlands Ashwell 93,442 124,589 125,000.00 
			 Heart of Birmingham Teaching West Midlands Birmingham 438,767 585,023 585,000.00 
			 Great Yarmouth and Waveney East of England Blundeston 80,445 107,260 107,000.00 
			 Lambeth London Brixton 325,598 434,131 434,000.00 
			 Oxfordshire South Central Bullingdon 277,064 369,419 369,000.00 
			 Mid Essex East of England Chelmsford 323,877 431,836 432,000.00 
			 Surrey South East Coast Coldingley 65,441 87,255 87,000.00 
			 Devon South West Dartmoor 103,604 138,139 138,000.00 
			 County Durham North East Deerbolt 85,612 114,149 114,000.00 
			 Doncaster Yorkshire and The Humber Doncaster 497,511 663,348 663,000.00 
			 County Durham North East Dorchester 182,146 242,861 243,000.00 
			 County Durham North East Durham 350,000 466,667 467,000.00 
			 South Gloucestershire South West Eastwood Park 240,020 320,027 320,000.00 
			 Suffolk East of England Edmonds Hill 108,197 144,263 144,000.00 
			 Wiltshire South West Erlestoke 86,933 115,911 116,000.00 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber Everthorpe 99,013 132,017 132,000.00 
			 South Staffordshire West Midlands Featherstone 110,469 147,292 147,000.00 
			 Derbyshire County East Midlands Foston Hall 198,196 264,261 264,000.00 
			 Gloucestershire South West Gloucester 193,233 257,644 258,000.00 
			 Dorset South West Guys Marsh 126,366 168,488 168,000.00 
			 Cumbria North West Haverigg 92,892 123,856 124,000.00 
			 Suffolk East of England High Point 98,899 131,865 132,000.00 
			 Surrey South East Coast Highdown 366,331 488,441 488,000.00 
			 Hull Yorkshire and the Humber Hull 369,007 492,009 492,000.00 
			 Doncaster Yorkshire and the Humber Lindholme 118,604 158,139 158,000.00 
			 County Durham North East Low Newton 168,591 224,788 225,000.00 
			 Nottinghamshire County East Midlands Lowdham Grange 74,440 99,253 99,000.00 
			 Doncaster Yorkshire and the Humber Moorland (O&C) 188,877 251,836 252,000.00 
			 North Yorkshire and York Yorkshire and the Humber North Allerton 80,614 107,485 107,000.00 
			 Lincolnshire East Midlands North Sea Camp 032,504 176,672 177,000.00 
			 Nottingham City East of England Nottingham 302,697 403,596 404,000.00 
			 Northamptonshire East Midlands Onley 135,402 180,536 181,000.00 
			 Bassetlaw East Midlands Ranby 199,448 265,931 266,000.00 
			 Northamptonshire East Midlands Rye Hill 75,772 101,029 101,000.00 
			 South Staffordshire West Midlands Stafford 97,424 129,899 130,000.00 
			 Eastern and Costal Kent South East Coast Standford Hill 165,905 221,207 221,000.00 
			 Leicestershire County and Rutland East Midlands Stocken 88,813 118,417 118,000.00 
			 Central and Eastern Cheshire North West Styal 332,195 442,927 443,000.00 
			 Derbyshire County East Midlands Sudbury 107,525 143,367 143,000.00 
			 West Hertfordshire East of England The Mount 82,791 110,388 110,000.00 
			 Leeds Yorkshire and the Humber Wealstun 131,425 175,233 175,000.00 
			 Norfolk East of England Weyland 86,246 114,995 115,000.00 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire Yorkshire and The Humber Wolds 76,015 101,353 101,000.00 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham London Wormwood Scrubs 125,786 167,715 516,000.00 
			 Eastern and Costal Kent South East Coast Elmley 0.00 448,000 448,000.00 
			 West Kent South East Coast Maidstone 0.00 88,000 88,000.00 
			 Medway South East Coast Rochester 0.00 129,000 129,000.00 
			 Eastern and Costal Kent South East Coast Swaleside 0.00 83,000 83,000.00 
			 Total   7,804,736 11,154,315 11,500,000

Maternity Services

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government are taking to reduce the negative effects on  (a) babies,  (b) parents and  (c) the NHS associated with pre-term birth.

Ivan Lewis: "Maternity Matter's: Choice, access and continuity of care in a safe service" published on the 3 April sets out the Government's framework for services to provide safe, high quality maternity care. The priority for modern maternity services is to enable the whole pregnancy experience to be as safe and satisfying as possible for mother and baby and to support new parents to have a confident start to family life.
	In line with the vision set out in the report of the Department's Expert Review Group on Neonatal Intensive Care, published in 2003, we have facilitated the development of 24 neonatal managed clinical networks to provide safe and effective services for mothers and babies. Since April 2003 over £70 million additional funding has been made available to support the development of these networks. This is in addition to the general increase in national health service funding, from which neonatal services can also benefit. Because of improvements in technology and the development of health care expertise, greater numbers of very small babies are being born alive and surviving. In the past many of these babies would have died just before or just after birth.

NHS Treatment Centres

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she plans to publish the review of NHS walk-in-centre funding arrangements.

Andy Burnham: We now expect to publish the report of the NHS walk-in centre funding review in early summer.